Machine for manufacturing envelops.



No. 679,92l. Patented Aug. 6, I90l. W. S. TIMMIS.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ENVELUPS. (Application filed June 1, 1900. (,No Model.) 8 Sheets-sheaf l.

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TIMMIS, OF BROOKLYN, NElV *YQRKQASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'lO JAMES T. RUSSELL, or SAME PLACE."

MACHINE FQR MANUFACTURING ENVELOPS.

srncxsrcerron forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,931., dated August 6, 190-1.

Application filed June 1, 1900; Serial No 18,705. (No model.)

To rtll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VALTER S. TIMMIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Envelops, 0

4 which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for man ufaotn ring envelops, and more particularly to machines for completing the. envelops after blanks for the same have been cut into proper form, and comprises, with other features, means for cutting from a roll of suitable fabric a strip of proper length-and for attaching the same to the envelop-blank adjacent to one of the folding lines thereof, whereby when the blank is iolded over along such foidingdine the inclosed strip, together with the portions of the blank covering the same, will form a bulky portion, which may be readily taken hold of and torn off for the purpose of opening the envelop without tearing the other portions of the series, all as hereinafter more particularly set forth. The use of a flat strip Icousider preferable to the use of a thread or' cord on account of the great diliiculty experienced in attaching the latter,'it having been found impracticable to draw the thread orccrd over and afiix it in a sufficiently reliable and permanent manner to make it useful as an opener. 1 i

In carrying out myinvention I use, in combination with the means hereinafter described, which constitute the invention, gumming, picking, and folding devices of a general character, such as are well known in the art. The usual method of manufacturing envelope has heretofore been as follows: The

blanks having been out to proper shape and placed in a pile underneath the pickers, the latter being provided on their under surface with projections which correspond with the areas to be covered with stripes of gum on the blank, would descend, apply gum, previously spread over said projections, to the blank on top of a pile of blanks, and in ascending again would carry such blank with it upward to a proper conveyor, which would deposit it underneath the apparatus for folding the blank and for simiiltaneouslypasting together the edges of the envelop, and thereby completingthe same.

In carrying out my invention I provide mechanism, as hereinafter moreparticularly described, for intercepting the blank in its travel from the pickerto the folding device and for placing it underneath a mechanism whichcutsa strip from a larger piece or sheet of fabric and immediately afterward pastes said strip along one of the folding-lines of the envelop. Theistripc of gum for thus secur- Q ing said strip has preferably been previously applied to the blank by the picker, but it may instead be applied to the strip itselfimmediately before cutting it oil, as exeinplia tied in some of the accompanying illustrations of inyimproved appliances. After this operation the,blank is shifted to the folding apparatus and the envelop is completed there getherthose edges of the blank which must be joined together so as to complete the enveldp ready for use. Fig. 2 is an end'elevat-ion, also partly in section, of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1, while Fig. 3 is a ground plan, partly in section, of Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 1 to '3, inclusive, relate to apparatus using a pic-her which simultaneously applies the stripes of paste or gum to the portions of the blank to be joined to each other and also to those to which the strip of fabric is to be ap plied, and by the particular. form of picker illustrated therein the fabric is applied alon the flap on that side of the envelop which 's first brought underneath the appliances cutting and applying the piece of fabric. Fig. 4c is a longitudinal vertical section'of portions, of an apparatus of the character illustrated in the preceding figures, said Fig. 4 relating and cutting the strip of fabric and for shiftthe left auyoi these operations.

' where the final'folding takes place. 17, 19, 20, 21, and. 22 the stripe of gum for ing the blank into positions which it must occupy successively cleric the different 09 era-tions referred to, the application of the strip and the folding taking place, however,

without any intermediate movement of the blank, the strip being applied to the portion of the blank adjoining the left-hand flap, while in Fig. 5, which otherwise corresponds with Fig. 4, the opposite condition is provided for. Fig. 6 shows the knife for cutting the fabric and the presser for applying it as illustrated, in Fig. 1 but on an enlarged scale. The apparatus illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, 9,10, and ll-shows means for applying gum to the fabric direct after the gum for joining to getherthe edges of the envelop in the usual way has been applied by the picker, Fig. 7 being a side elevation, partly in section. Fl". 8 an end elevation-of saidappli'ances looking toward the left of Fig. Fig.5 s. ground phunpzirtly in section, Fig. 10 an. enlarged longitudinal vertical elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 11 such an end elevation, partly in section,, ef said appliances looking toward of FignlO. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal vertical section ofan apparatus wherein the devices for applying the gum to the fabric and for cutting it are placed close to the folding mechanism and wherein provision is made to cut and apply the fabric and fold the envelop before another blank subjected to Fig. 13 corresponds except that in the former the with Fig.

fabric is applied along the flap on that side,

of theenvelop which last passes underneath the mechanism for cutting and applying the fabric, while in Fig. 13 theopposite condition 'is provided for. Fig. 14 isa ground plan, partly in section, ofan apparatus providing means 'for applying the strip of fabricalong the narrow or end portions of the envelops; and Fig. 15 a vertical section along line 1515 in Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a vertical section of a modified form of stopping device for holding the blank ,in position while the strip otfabric is being applied.- thereto'. Figs. 1? to 23, inclusive, show blanks with stripes of gum applied thereto for the purpose of socuring the strips of fabric in different positions relative to the edges of the envelope, and also stripes ot gum fol-pasting together the portions of their edges which are to be joined to each other. Dotted lines indicate In Figs.

securing the fabric is shown tobe placed along the flaps, to which the picker has also applied stripes of gum for the usual pasting together of the edges of the blanks, while in Figs. 18 and 23 the gum for. attaching the fabric is shown t0 be placed along the short In Figs. 17,19, and .20 the.

'. continuation of the stripes of gum for sec-tin ing together the edges of the blanksi in erctiv'e face of the picker the strip which it is intended to apply.

propel Fi s. 17,18, 19, and 21 the gum is shown "it be applied along only one side of a foldinglinc, thus providing for pasting only one side of the fabric to the blank, While in Figs. 20,; 1-22, and 23 thegnm shown to be applied along both sides of a. folding-line, whereby it is mede. possible tel-paste both sides of the fabric to the envelop proper.

The mechanism illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 and in'Fig. 4. is adapted to manufacture envelops from blanks, as shown in Fl". 17, while Fig. 5 would correspond in 'that'respect with Fig. 19, and apparatus substantially as in Figs. 14 and 15 might -ie made use of to make envelope from blanks, as shown in Figs. 18 and 23.

Gorresponcling numerals of reference throughout the different views refer to corresponding parts.

As my present invention does not relate to the details'of theapps-ra-tns for picking up the envelop and'applying the paste thereto, exceptas far cs-the configuration of the opis concerned, nor to the folding device, such. appliances have only been indicated diagrammatically in the drewings and will not be further described hereinafter. j 1

In all the views of the drawings representing longitudinal elevations or ground plans the travel of the blanks between the various operations takes place from right to left, and where the terms righfi'and left are employed hereinafter they refer to such views.

Referring, first, to Figs. 1 to 13, inclusive, and. to Fig. 6, 30 is a frameor table supporting the picker 31, the device 32 for guiding and cutting the strip of fabric and for pass.

ing it to the blank, and the folding mechanism The operative projections on the under side oi the picker shown in section'in Fig. 3-) are shown to be of configurations suitable to sp n illustrated in 17; but itwill be under.- stood. that any other suit-able form may be given to projections accordsncewith the parties one and kind of envelop to be produced opener to be applied. 3 rep resents a p le oi- "olanlrs, one block a: indicated by have been elevated by the pic and site brought the positions. which it ole-copies in Fig. underneath the apparatnsfor applying the strip of fabric. This apparatus and the means for conveying the blank areconstructed as follows:

which carry upon a 05a width corresponding with the length of Fabric -37'passes between'two guide rollers 38 and y39,'the latter spring-seated, and two guidecheeks {bond 41 of s width corresponding iwith-thetof the strip to beapplied and u'ndern eath a combined knife and presser .43,

'whiclrserves' to cu'toflt said" stripfrom the sheet of fabricil'Tand to apply it to the blank.

sum to a inrseuner as 3 35 35 arebracketejsecnrod to the top of frame 30,

reel-36 a roll of fabric 37 For. the purpose of feedingjoutat alltimesthe proper amount offabrio a pawl 44, actuating a ratchet on the axle of r0ller3 8, is provided. Said pawlreceives its movement through rod 46, lever 47, and cam 48, the latter secured to main shaft 45} of the main frame. is a spring fordrawing down lever 47. Gain 48 also imparts motion to the combined knife and presser through 'a rod 51, extending from lever 4.7to one end of lever 52, the other end of said lever being attached to said knife and presser, which travel between vertical guides 53 53. As rods 46 and 51 are attached to lever 47 on opposite sides of its fulcrum 54, it will be seen that when pawl 4st actuates ratchet 45, thus feeding forward the fabric, lever 52 will be lifting up the knife and the presser, while the feed will be at rest during the time that saidknife and said presser are being forced downward or are held in their most depressed position, owing tothe action of spring 50 on lever 47 and the configuration of camdS, which configuration is such that contact between said cam and contact-roller on lever 47'does not take place during the upward movement of rod 51 while cutting of the fabric and action of the 'prcsser takes place, whereby a yielding presmade to coaet with a stationary blade 61 underneath it, having its upper edge slightly slanting, as shown in Figs. 2 and 11, so as to produce a shearing action in cutting off the strip of fabric after it emerges from between checks 4.0 and ll.

The movement of the blank from under.- neath the picker to the position. in which it has applied to it the strip of fabric and from there to the proper position underneath the. fclderis accomplished by thefollowingmeans: 62 is a cam on main shaft 49 and operating an elbow'lever 63, to the upper extremity of which link ii is jointed, which draws a conveyor 65 forward and backward. Said cam is shown to be constructed with two circular surfaces of different diameters'and lengths and straight surfaces between the same, thus providing for rests of diitercntdnrations between the forward and backward movements of the conveyer. 56 and 07 are. hooks on the; upper face of th e conveyor, sloping downward. from left to right, and thereby adapted to carry blanks from right to left. Gain 62 is so adjusted that the short stop will take place while the right-hand portion of the oonveyer in a position underneath the picker, while the longer stop takes place while said portion position shown in Fig. 1, when the strip of fabric to be applied to the blank is cut off by the knife and applied in its proper position At 69 two apertures are pro by the presser. vided in the conveyer faciiig the blank, one on each side of that portion of the blank to which the strip is applied. Through said apertures play plungers 7 O, which in, the most elevated positions that they are permitted to reach serve to engage such outer portions of the blank by means of their pointed heads 71 sloping downward toward the left and serve to retain the blank until and while the conveyer starts on its travel toward the right,

the upward movement so produced being due to the upward pressure of spiral springs 72 actuating said pistons. housings for said pistons and springs secured to table 30. The. left-hand sides of apertures 69 slope correspondingly with heads 71, so that as the conveyor travels toward the right heads 71 will thereby become depressed and will release the blank, thus permitting book 67 to pass underneath and past the blank until it passes and engages with its ri ht-hand edge, book 66 meantime having-reached a position immediately to the right and adjoining another blank which has'meantime been elevated by the picker. Then movement of the conveyor toward the left again takes place untilthe parts once more reach the positions indicated in Fig. 1. It will be seen that the .conveyer is divided into two sectionsor c0rn- 73 represents the are always being moved by the conveyor while it travels toward the left-41in, one from the picker to the cutter and the other from the latter to the folding device.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10,-a.nd ll connecting-rod 46 operates a pawl 74. in engagement with a ratchet 75 on the shaft of a. roller 76, which roller is partly immersed in liquid gum in a receptacle 77 and transfers gum through an intermediate roller 78 to a roller 38' in con tact with the under side of the fabric, 39 being the spring-actuated roller on the other side of the fabric. In other respects the constrnction and operation of this apparatus are substantially the same as that; illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, it being, however, understood that the picker-in this case, as shown in Fig. 9, only has operative surfaces for applying gum to the edges of the blank which are to be attached directly to the other parts of said blankan'd that the strip of fabric is 2.- In a machine. for making envelope, the.

attached to the blank after its under side has been covered with gum by means of the appliances justdcscribed.

in Figs. 12 and 13 the constructive features are substantially the same as; described with reference to Figs. 7 to 11, inclusive, except that the relative positions of the picker,

the means for'applying gum to the. strip of fabric and for cutting and pasting it upon the blank, and of the folding mechanism are. changed so as to complete one envelop before Y another blank is placed upon the conveyor.

In Figs. 14, 15, and 16 the general charac- "ter of the appliances shown is the same-as that described with reference to Figs. 1, 2,-

are taking place.

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The means for confining the blank i-n position while the cutting and application of the strip to said blank are taking placeishown in 16) instead of embodying a plunger with pointed .loping head consist of a leafspring 81, having such a head attached to its upper left-hand end, the mode of depressing it by the movement of the conveyor beingthe same as described with reference to the corresponding device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. I do not wish to confine myself to the details of construction herein set forth, as it will readily-be seen that they might-be varied to a considerable extent without departing fromthe spirit of my invention. As I propose to claim in a separate application the improved methods described above and invented by me and which may be carried out by means of the appliances above set forth, I do not claim the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. 1. in a machine for making envelope, the

combination with a support for an envelopblank, of mechanism for cutting a strip from a'sheet of' fabric along a line parallel with the line in whichone of the folding-lines of the blank lies when on the support, means for applying a stripe of. gum to one of the surfaces which are to be contiguous when the envelop-blank and the strip of fabric are pressed together, mechanism for pressin g said strip and said envelop-blank together while maintaining an edge of said strip parallel to said folding-line, and mechanism for folding said blank at said folding-line and over. said istrip.-

1 combination with meansfor applying a stripe of gum to an envelop-blank along-one of its folding-lines, of mechanism forcuttinga strip from a sheet of fabric along aline parallel with the said folding-line of the blank, mechanism for pressing said strip of fabric upon a portion of the blank to which gum has been i applied while maintaining an edge of said strip at the said folding-line, and mechanism for folding the blank along said folding-line and over the edge'of said strip and against its face.

3. In a machine-for making envelope, the combination with means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along one of its folding-lines, of mechanism for feeding out a sheet of fabric, a knife for cutting a strip from said sheet, a conveyer for placing an edge of said stripe underneath the cutting edge of the knife said cutting edge occupying a line parallel with said folding-line, and

mechanism for folding the blank at said folding-line and along the'edge' of said strip and against its face. p

4. In a machine'formaking euvelops, the combination with means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along one of its folding-lines, of mechanism for feeding out a sheet of fabric, a knife for cutting a strip from said sheet, a conveyer for placing an edge of said stripe underneath the cutting edge of the knifein a line parallel with said folding-line, a presser for applying said strip to said stripe, parallel to said folding-line, and mechanism for folding the blank at said folding-line and at theedge of said strip.

5. ,In a machine for making envelops, the

combination with means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along one of its folding-lines, of a knife for cutting a strip placing an edge of said stripe underneath the cutting edge of the knife, the edge of the knife being in a line parallel with said folding-line, a presser attached to and moving with the knife for-applying said strip to said stripe, and mechanism for folding the blank along said folding-line at the edge of said strip'and against its face. I

16. In a machine for making envelope, the combinationwith means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along one of its folding-lines, of mechanism for feeding out a sheet of fabric, a knife for cutting a strip from said sheet at right. angles -to the direction of the feed and parallel with said folding-line, a presser, a conveyer for placing the edge of said stripe underneath the edges of said knife and of said resser, and mechanism for folding said blank at said foldingline at the edge of said strip and against its face.

7. In a machine for making envelope, the

combination with means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop alongone from. a sheet of fabric, a conveyor for of itsfoidihg-lines, of a knife having its cut ting edge parallel with said folding-line, a

presser placed parallel with said knife, a conveyer for bringing said stripe underneath said presser -and for bringingone of the edges of the stripe parallel with and substantiallyunderneath the cutting edge of the knife, and

. mechanism for folding said blank at said folding-line and at the edge of the strip and against its face.

8 In a machine for making envelops, the combination with means for applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along one of its folding-lines, of a pair of guide-cheeks for the fabric, means for conducting the fabric between said cheeks, a knife for cutting off a strip of fabric along aline parallel with said folding-line, a presser for applying said strip to said stripe adjacent to said foldingline, the knife being placed between said cheeks and said. presser and mechanism for folding said blank against the face of the strip. i

9. In a machine for making envelops, the combination with means for'applying a stripe of gum to the blank of an envelop along both sides of one of it'stfolding-lines, of means for feeding out fabric, a knife for cutting said fabric, a presser for applying a strip of fabric so cut to said stripe along one side of said folding-line, and means for folding the'portion of the blank on the other folding-line which contains a portion of said stripe, against said strip.

10. In a machine for making envelops, the

. combination with a'knife-blade, of a presser,

and means for adjustably attaching said l knife. to said- :auces, .a suitable side of said presser, a narrow space being left between the .portion of the knife-blade having the cutting edge and the side of the 'presser to which it is'attached. 3

11. Ina machine for making envelops, the combination with a picker, of means for attaching a strip of fabric to a blank, a conveyer adapted to slide between said appliaperture being provided in said 'conveyer, and a spring-actuated stop-' ping device adapted to operate through said aperture and hold the blank opposite said strip-attaching means. v

12.' In a'machine'for making envelops, the combination with a picker,-,-,of means for attaching astrip of fabric to a blank, a conveyer adapted to slide between'said appliances, a suitable aperture being provided insaid conveyor, :1. spring underneath the couveyer, and a'stop in the form of ahead hav-i ing a slanting surface lnounted'up'on said' spring, said stop beingv adapted to hold said blank in position to permit a strip of fabric to be attached adjacent to one of the folding lines and adapted to be depressed by the C011. veyer while it slides over said head. I

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, State of NewYork, this 31st day of May \VALTER S. .TIMMIS.

' Witnesses:

J. McGowan, C. HOLLOWAY. 

